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Obama saw welfare recipients as ‘majority coalition’

Discussion in 'Political Debate & Discussion' started by Revmitchell, Oct 8, 2012.

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    The Daily Caller has obtained a complete audio recording of the October 19, 1998 Loyola College forum on community organizing and policymaking during which a future President Barack Obama said he favored the government redistribution of wealth. The audio demonstrates the context of that remark and reveals other far-left positions that Obama held as a state senator.

    Those positions encompass issues as wide-ranging as gun control, universal health care and welfare reform. Obama also said he viewed welfare recipients and “the working poor” as “a majority coalition” that could be mobilized to help advance progressive policies and elect their champions.

    Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/24/f...cipients-as-majority-coalition/#ixzz28hFvpKaY
     
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